Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Hooked by Emily McIntire

69 reviews

greenhousepunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

naechan's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.5

The first part was promising. Good girl with daddy issues runs in to a bad boy with a traumatic past. For once I thought we were going to get a female lead who is a good person at her core but who isn’t a complete idiot. For example,

Spoiler

she's rightfully suspicious when he randomly shows up at her workplace after they met only once without her giving him the address.

She seemed to have some common sense and self preservation at first until she goes on an actual date with him, after which it’s like she got a lobotomy and her whole personality got wiped out. The second half is just Stockholm syndrome galore. I didn’t buy their “love” at all, I felt like there was no emotional connection between the two main characters, at best they are just horny for each other. He treats her like shit the whole time and she just decides she’s okay with it because of her daddy issues I guess. I also didn’t care about the whole mystery/plot surrounding the drug cartel. 
There was an annoying amount of  misogyny and women hating, not just from the male characters, but the narrative itself. Wendy is this virginal, innocent and pure creature who is secretly yearning to be fucked hard and that makes her special. Meanwhile all other women in this book are superficial, evil and vapid. They just jealous of her and they don’t act like people at all, but like caricatures of themselves.
It’s not the worst thing I have read, but it feels like wasted potential. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

audreytwo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book had me thinking I should call my therapist. There's gotta be something wrong with me for enjoying it. 
That said, I loved it. I read it over and over. It's pretty dark at some points, so be warned, but the writing is good and i enjoyed the villain not turning into a hero for once.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

atravellingpenguin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Rape, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Drug use, and Bullying

mabs_grace's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, and Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

meat_muffin's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Whewwwww, I could not have cared less about any of the characters, or the plot, or any aspect of this story. Literally trudged my way through to the end 😬

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Gun violence, Incest, Abandonment, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Murder, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Body horror, Drug use, Torture, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

hmarie8's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Read it, just do it! This book is so well written I️ cant even put my thoughts into words. The characters are so fucked up in the best ways possible. The plot twists are insane, the story is so well developed it’s not like any other romance book. This had amazing romance but the plot was what very sucked me in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse

melaniegrace91's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I had heard a lot about this book, so was really excited to read it. I don’t know if it was just that the audio book narrators were horrible actors, or what, but I really didn’t enjoy this book. It had very little plot and so much violent sexual content it just made me uncomfortable. Perhaps it’s my fault for not reading the content warnings, but I was thoroughly disappointed in how many red flags there were in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Death, Blood, Abandonment, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

justcallmeemily's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

 First and foremost, if you're going to read this book, I beg you, PLEASE, read trigger warnings. I shouldn't have to remind you since, if you're reading this review, you probably already know this book deals with dark topics.

Anyways, most of the smut was hot, especially Hook's voice actor, but it did get a bit awkward at times. Maybe I've been reading too much fanfiction. Who knows. The plot was amazing, the tense parts actually made me feel tense, and the plot twist actually surprised me. I'm going to continue reading this series, Emily McIntire proved herself to be worth my time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Drug use, and Sexual assault

Minor: Car accident, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

bem13's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy